How Do Pigeons Find Their Way Home? New Research Suggests the Birds' Remarkable Navigational Skills Come From Their Livers
Why would a pigeon need its liver to find the way home on a cloudy day?
0:00 / 6:01 · Narrator Sulafat
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2026-07-16
Today's Crosscut
Saving Oral Traditions
If the Odyssey is more like a jazz session than a book, can these stories stay alive unless they're pulled out of European museum basements and sung again?
What You Won't Learn About the Odyssey From a Movie × From Colonial Storage to Open Access
0:00 / 19:37 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Thermodynamic Computers Go with the (Energy) Flow
by Philip Ball
Could the random jiggle of atoms be used to solve problems instead of causing errors?
0:00 / 15:34 · Narrator Gacrux
Behind the news →
Georgia’s Unfinished European Journey
by Simon Garnett
If a country has been turning toward Europe since the Middle Ages, why is it still an outsider?
0:00 / 15:00 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
A City Bigger Than a Bomb: Dispatch From Beirut
by Jacob Russell
Can a family still find room to live in the quiet gaps between the bombs?
0:00 / 13:09 · Narrator Charon
A Gujarati Dalit Writer Reckons with Gandhi’s Fraught Legacy
by Chandu Maheira
How do you wear the clothes of a man your mother blames for your family’s struggle?
0:00 / 5:13 · Narrator Algieba
Smart escape →
How Singing with Other People Can Help You Move Through Grief and Despair
by Casper ter Kuile
If talking about pain isn’t enough, can singing with others help a person move through grief?
0:00 / 8:09 · Narrator Rasalgethi